Post War Construction

The first major post-war public building project after
World War 11 was the $250,000 Griggs County Hospital; completed and
first put to use in 1951. For thirty years the building boom
continued. There followed a number of public buildings including a
new high school, grade school addition, city hall, nursing home, airport
development in several stages, new churches, apartment buildings, and
several new business buildings. Much of the new business
construction was on the outskirts of town, creating the need for new and
expanded city services.

A substantial number of new homes were built in the
post-war boom, and there were also such additions as the Community
Building, the American Legion hall, the Scout cabin, Griggs County
museum building and new construction at the fairgrounds. An
addition to the courthouse was built.

Other civic improvement projects have been swimming
pools (Cooperstown is on its second pool), new streets, curbs and
gutters, new street lighting, addition and extension of the water and
sewer to serve nearly every house in Cooperstown, development of an
enlarged water supply and storage, and building of a sewer lagoon.

In 1981 the city began to develop plan for a new water
treatment plant.